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Hello! Welcome to my web-page/science report on Water Pollution. Did you know that in 40% of our rivers, lakes, and coastal waters we still can't fish or swim? Toxic pollution from industries, runoff from pesticides, and fertilizers continue to contaminate our waters, causing cancer, impaired immune systems, learning and behavioral disorders, and many other sicknesses to humans. Factories such as chemical refineries, paper mills, and sewage treatment plants continue to dump toxic pollutants every year, poisoning our earth's lakes and rivers. Industries pollute the water with 7.7 billion pounds of deadly toxins per year. These sources discharged over 250 million pounds of toxic chemicals in American waterways in 1999 alone. Millions of pounds of dangerous chemicals, such as dioxin, pesticides and heavy metals are still being legally dumped into our water. Because of this contamination, the number of fish consumption advisories rose by 7% from 1999 to 2,000, to a total of over 2,838. Since 1993, there has been a 124% increase in advisories. Currently, 100% of the Great Lakes and their connecting waters as well as 71% of our coastal miles are under fish advisories. The five toxics responsible for more than 99% of all the nation's advisories are Mercury, PCBs, Chlordane, Dioxin, and DDT...

The problem of water pollution must be corrected as best as possible. Because water is a necessary component of life, we cannot allow our waters to be continuously contaminated. As seen in the facts stated above, chemical dumping has a strong negative impact on our environment. This sort of pollution leads to the death of animals and humans and can affect many aspects of the ecosystem. To help correct this obviously serious problem, we must take the proper measures to protect our environment. As a first step, we should ensure that factories and other companies stop the dumpong of chemicals into our waters. Other forms of chemial elimination should be created and used so that our water stays clean. Laws against water pollution need to be adjusted to have more severe punishments and a much stribger enforcement of the laws as well. As another method to help solving the problem, teachers in all schools should continue educating their students about the dangers of chemical dumping and water pollution. This may help in turning the future generations towards more effecient and healthier ways of chemical disposal.

Heather M. Sci-Con Red.

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